Dry and wet-peaking tower cooling systems for power plant application

Conference · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976 · J. Eng. Power; (United States)

OSTI ID:7353838

Larinoff, M W ^[1]; Forster, L L

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1. Hudson Products Corp., Houston, TX

A new concept of power plant heat-sink system is presented which employs the combination of a conventional wet-tower and a conventional dry-tower. The purpose of this cooling system is to reduce wet cooling-tower makeup-water requirements in water-short areas. The dry tower operates all year around while the wet-peaking tower is used only above certain ambient dry-bulb temperatures. The two cooling circuits serve separate sections of a conventional, surface-type, steam condenser. Thermal performance analysis is presented for various combinations of cooling systems ranging from 100 percent wet to 100 percent dry. Annual makeup-water requirements are calculated for various sizes of towers located in 18 selected cities of the U.S.A. ranging from north to south and east to west.

• OSTI ID: 7353838
• Conference Information: Journal Name: J. Eng. Power; (United States) Journal Volume: 98:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
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CLOSED-CYCLE COOLING SYSTEMS
CONSUMPTION RATES
COOLING SYSTEMS
COOLING TOWERS
COST
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
FEEDWATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OPEN-CYCLE COOLING SYSTEMS
OPERATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
POWER PLANTS
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WATER